Category: English Blog Posts (37 results)
Coming home
It is 12 pm. I am standing in a group of people, KuSis some would say, and we are singing. We are singing our goodbye-song. Singing like we did it so often. Singing while seeing our parents (for the first… read more
The Story of the Thor Heyerdahl
It´s been now six months. Six months on a journey with 50 people guided by the project Classroom Under Sail. For six months we have been on a traditional sailing vessel, the Thor Heyerdahl. Thor Heyerdahl, a name, that you´ve… read more
Closet of characters
I know it sounds crazy, but sometimes I forget that I live on board of a sailing ship with fifty other people at the moment. I forget that I didn´t know those guys half a year ago and that in… read more
Birthdays
Imagine living on a ship, looking out the bullseye, only seeing the big blue ocean. The waves are digging into the water and the waves are hitting the ship like thousand salty raindrops. Then like every other year, there is… read more
First Impressions of the Azores & the return to Europe
From outside the Azores seem like just some small Islands, but if you’ve visited them, you know it is a lot more. For us the first impressions were very interesting. Seeing the harbour of Horta with its huge amount of… read more
Thoughts about the Azores and our Journey
Today is Thursday, the 10th of March. Just a casual date for you guys, am I right? For us KUSis it’s not any date, it’s the day our journey to the Azores ends. In less than ten hours, the Azores… read more
Ships‘ handover
In the beginning, all of us thought this second ship handover would be the longest handover of the journey. There should be four to five days of working. But in the weather forecast they said in a few days there… read more
Weather on the North Atlantic
Every one of us had respect of the north Atlantic, the weather, the wind and the waves. We expected 15 metre waves and 30 days with 9 wind forces. So – in the end everything went smooth, 23 perfect days… read more
The Library
It is a cosy room with shelves filled with books, a subdued reading light and a bench laid out with soft pillows. It is a welcoming atmosphere. That’s why everybody likes the library on our ship and there are often… read more
Friendship
Friendship, a word we use daily and we all probably know the meaning but how do we define it? Puh, that`s a tough question. During this blog I`m going to try to find an answer, what friendship means and especially… read more